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Antonyms for pederasty

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ped-uh-ras-tee, pee-duh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛd əˌræs ti, ˈpi də-

Definition of pederasty

Origin :
  • "sodomy of a man with a boy," c.1600, from French pédérastie or directly from Modern Latin pæderastia, from Greek paiderastia "love of boys," from paiderastes "pederast, lover of boys," from pais (genitive paidos) "child, boy" (see pedo-) + erastes "lover," from erasthai "to love" (see Eros).
  • As in lewdness : noun indecency
Example sentences :
  • We often meet with pederasty without a trace of inversion of the sexual appetite.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • I asked him what he thought of the charge of pederasty brought against the bard.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • The early Franciscan missionaries to California found the men who were used for pederasty dressed as women.
  • Extract from : « History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present » by Peter Charles Remondino
  • The relations that from eunuchism led to pederasty are very easy of explanation.
  • Extract from : « History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present » by Peter Charles Remondino
  • Hence the fear of over-population caused Aristotle to recommend to the men abstinence from their wives, and pederasty, instead.
  • Extract from : « Woman under socialism » by August Bebel
  • As well be imagined, pederasty has a fine field in this town, where the passions are kept under lock and key.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Pederasty, ped′e-rast-i, n. unnatural commerce of males with males, esp.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) » by Various
  • Las Casas tells us that pederasty was tolerated because they believed that their gods practiced it.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 » by Hubert Howe Bancroft
  • It is very doubtful whether he was a Huguenot, and whenever in his works he refers to pederasty it is with strong disapproval.
  • Extract from : « Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6) » by Havelock Ellis
  • It is in vain that a modern writer seeks to justify Sextus Empiricus and pederasty.
  • Extract from : « A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 7 (of 10) » by Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

Synonyms for pederasty

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